Altitude Sickness
"Altitude Sickness" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A morbid condition of ANOXIA caused by the reduced available oxygen at high altitudes.
Descriptor ID |
D000532
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MeSH Number(s) |
C08.618.020
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Concept/Terms |
Altitude Sickness- Altitude Sickness
- Altitude Sicknesses
- Sickness, Altitude
- Sicknesses, Altitude
- Mountain Sickness
- Mountain Sicknesses
- Sickness, Mountain
- Sicknesses, Mountain
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Altitude Sickness" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Pasiakos SM, Berryman CE, Carbone JW, Murphy NE, Carrigan CT, Bamman MM, Ferrando AA, Young AJ, Margolis LM. Muscle Fn14 gene expression is associated with fat-free mass retention during energy deficit at high altitude. Physiol Rep. 2018 07; 6(14):e13801.